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Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2017/09/20 23:24] JMichaelTX ADD selecting lists of objects |
Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/04/14 18:46] JMichaelTX [5. Create Macro Group and Macros] Added error checking to Example 5 Test for Macro Group existence. |
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| - | ===== Selecting Lists of Objects in KM8 ===== | + | ===== 1. Selecting Lists of Objects in KM8 ===== |
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| + | The `selection` property will return whatever is selected, and has focus, in the Keyboard Maestro editor. So this could be any of these: action, macro, macro group. Here is how to get the selection, and determine the type (class) of the object that is selected: | ||
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| + | ```applescript | ||
| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro" | ||
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| + | --- First Select an Action, Macro, or Macro Group | ||
| + | -- in the KM Editor, then run this script | ||
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| + | set kmList to selection | ||
| + | set kmClass to class of item 1 of kmList | ||
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| + | -->Based on selection, will return one of these: | ||
| + | -->action, macro, macro group | ||
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| + | end tell | ||
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| + | ``` | ||
| ```applescript | ```applescript | ||
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| - | ===== 1. Get Current Macro Object ===== | + | ===== 2. Get Current Macro Object ===== |
| ```applescript | ```applescript | ||
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| ``` | ``` | ||
| + | ===== 3. Macro Groups ===== | ||
| - | ===== 2. Get and Create Variety of Editor Objects ===== | + | **Disable a Macro Group** |
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| + | <code applescript> | ||
| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro" | ||
| + | set enabled of macro group "Macro Group Name" to false | ||
| + | end tell | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | **Edit a Macro Group** | ||
| + | |||
| + | <code applescript> | ||
| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro" | ||
| + | editMacro "Macro Group Name or UID" | ||
| + | end tell | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | **Get the list of currently selected macro groups** | ||
| + | |||
| + | <code applescript> | ||
| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro" | ||
| + | set groupList to selected macro groups | ||
| + | end tell | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | ===== 4. Get and Create Variety of Editor Objects ===== | ||
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| ``` | ``` | ||
| - | ===== 3. Create Macro Group and Macros ===== | + | ===== 5. Create Macro Group and Macros ===== |
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| + | Before you use a macro group you probably want to check if it exists. The following example tests for the macro group's existence, based on a Keyboard Maestro input variable containing the macro group name -`macroGroup`. | ||
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| + | (This test is case-insensitive. For example macro group "Firefox" could also be specified as "firefox".) | ||
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| + | ```applescript | ||
| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" | ||
| + | set macroGroup to getvariable "macroGroup" | ||
| + | if (macroGroup = "") then error "[ERROR]" & linefeed & "Invalid Macro Group Name. KM Variable \"" & "macroGroup" & "\" was empty or undefined." | ||
| + | end tell | ||
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| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro" -- Editor | ||
| + | if exists macro group macroGroup then | ||
| + | return true | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | return false | ||
| + | end if | ||
| + | end tell | ||
| + | ``` | ||
| Here is a full example that creates a macro group called "Multiple Clipboards" and then creates 9 macros with hot Control-C and action to copy the clipboard to a named clipboard with name "Clipboard N" (where N is 1-9) and another set of 9 macros with hot key Control-V and action to paste from the named clipboard "Clipboard N" | Here is a full example that creates a macro group called "Multiple Clipboards" and then creates 9 macros with hot Control-C and action to copy the clipboard to a named clipboard with name "Clipboard N" (where N is 1-9) and another set of 9 macros with hot key Control-V and action to paste from the named clipboard "Clipboard N" | ||
Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor.txt · Last modified: 2018/04/14 19:02 by JMichaelTX
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